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Latest newsen-gbEuropean Commissioncnect-editor-nr@ec.europa.eucnect-editor-nr@ec.europa.eu30How will life be if everyone was to wear a body camera?https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/news-redirect/19889
Now that the use of portable and surveillance cameras is normalized, the development of body cameras is coming into place. With potential impact in different fields from medicine to security, research indicates that they do have an effect on the behaviour of those wearing it. Are human beings ready to assess these implications?Mon, 12 Jan 2015 13:08:43 GMThttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/news-redirect/19889TERACOMB FET Open project: tuning quantum cascade lasers to the terahertzhttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/news-redirect/19765
The TERACOMB FET Open project successfully developed quantum cascade lasers emitting stably in the terahertz region of the electromagnetic spectrum. This technology would allow for the creation of compact high resolution spectroscopy devices.Fri, 09 Jan 2015 16:08:00 GMThttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/news-redirect/19765Virtual reality for stepping in racial shoeshttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/news-redirect/19713
Scientists at the VERE project have developed tools providing people with the opportunity to experience life in someone else's skin using virtual reality, as a means of helping people shed racial stereotypes. Understand the power that virtual embodiment has in cognitives sciences with the testimonial Mel Slater at University College London and the University of Barcelona.Wed, 17 Dec 2014 15:14:11 GMThttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/news-redirect/19713An octopus as seen by a roboticisthttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/news-redirect/19326
Its arms are soft and deformable, they can bend in any direction at any point along the arm; however, they can stiffen when needed and they can grasp and pull objects with considerable strength; the octopus does not have a large brain, yet it can control this huge range of possible movements and motion parameters. What are the secrets to the octopus's soft dexterity? This is the core question the OCTOPUS project endeavoured to answer.Mon, 24 Nov 2014 10:05:21 GMThttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/news-redirect/19326RoboSoft: A Coordination Action for Soft Roboticshttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/news-redirect/19277
Soft robotics technologies are becoming a major focus of robotics and hold great promise to become a cutting-edge for the development of systems for a wide range of new applications especially in those areas previously forbidden to rigid robots. RoboSoft is a FET Open Coordination Action that aims to bring together and consolidate the soft robotics community to enable the accumulation and sharing of crucial knowledge needed for scientific and technological progress in this field.Wed, 19 Nov 2014 17:43:59 GMThttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/news-redirect/19277FET Proactive EXA2GREN: improving energy efficiency in high performance computinghttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/news-redirect/18927
Future supercomputers are machines that would be capable of performing at least 10 trillion operations per second. However, developing a radically new energy aware computing paradigm and programming methodology for this capacity is necessary.Mon, 03 Nov 2014 14:03:00 GMThttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/news-redirect/18927My car drives, parks and charges itself for mehttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/news-redirect/17577
Imagine you are rushing to catch a train but must first park your electric car inside the station garage. You lose precious time searching for a space, ideally one where you can charge your vehicle, which might cause you to miss the train. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could just drop off the car in front of the station and let it do the rest? Soon it will be possible, thanks to V-CHARGE, an EU ICT research project. Successful tests took place at Stuttgart airport in April 2014.Thu, 31 Jul 2014 09:30:00 GMThttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/news-redirect/17577Helping SMEs fish the Big Data oceanhttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/news-redirect/17099
In its Communication on the data-driven economy, the European Commission outlines a raft of measures aimed at helping SMEs exploit Big Data to win new commercial opportunities.Wed, 02 Jul 2014 10:30:00 GMThttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/news-redirect/17099EU Research on the World Stagehttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/news-redirect/15982
By working in collaboration with partners from around the world, European ICT researchers are addressing global problems in medicine, agriculture, networking and beyond. EU-funded research projects are making a difference to people’s lives in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas while at the same time ensuring that Europe stays at the forefront of the global ICT industry.Wed, 30 Apr 2014 16:42:06 GMThttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/news-redirect/159825 big EU tech projects you should followhttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/news-redirect/15805
Wed, 16 Apr 2014 13:11:58 GMThttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/news-redirect/15805European Countries on their journey towards national eHealth infrastructureshttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/news-redirect/12206
This study (published 2011) monitors eHealth strategies in the EU. It assesses the progress made on implementing the national eHealth programmes and plans to review fulfilment of the objectives proposed in the national roadmaps and reinforce commitments towards eHealth development and deployment.Fri, 27 Sep 2013 10:07:45 GMThttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/news-redirect/12206Neuro Informatics 2013 Conference - Special session on Large Scale Brain Initiativeshttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/news-redirect/10591
Prof. Karlheinz Meier (R.Karl University of Heidelberg(DE))will talk about the EU "Human Brain Project" - Scientific Foundations and Plans.
The Human Brain Project is one of the selected FET Flagships project funded by the EU.Fri, 17 May 2013 08:03:00 GMThttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/news-redirect/10591The Artificial Finger, the beauty of the touchhttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/news-redirect/8457
To touch something is to understand it – emotionally and cognitive. It´s one of our important six senses, which we use and need in our daily lives. But accidents or illnesses can disrupt us from our sense of touch. European researchers of the projects NanoBioTact and NanoBioTouch delve deep into the mysteries of touch and have developed the first sensitive artificial finger.Fri, 31 Aug 2012 13:49:00 GMThttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/news-redirect/8457Smart software for smart productshttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/news-redirect/8292
From cooking pots to cars and aeroplanes, the products of the future will be increasingly intelligent - able to communicate and cooperate with humans, other devices and their environment. EU-funded research is assisting this smart products trend that promises to make everyday life easier, more comfortable and productive.Tue, 10 Jul 2012 07:52:00 GMThttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/news-redirect/8292ICT is new weapon in the war on drug-resistant diseaseshttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/news-redirect/8252
Every year hundreds of thousands of people die because of infections that have become resistant to treatment. A new data-mining, clinical monitoring and decision-support system, developed by EU-funded researchers, offers a powerful new weapon in the war on resistance to antibiotics.Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:52:00 GMThttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/news-redirect/8252Scientists teach discretion to gossipy webhttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/news-redirect/8414
Internet surfers are obliged to reveal more and more personal data to get the best out of the latest web services and sites. How this information is then used or shared is a big question hanging over the Future Internet. Now EU-funded scientists have developed technology for both end-users and businesses that could teach the web some discretion and revolutionise online privacy and identity management along the way.Tue, 01 Nov 2011 23:00:00 GMThttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/news-redirect/8414